LAGOS, Nigeria – Nigeria’s acting leader Goodluck Jonathan was sworn in Thursday as president of Africa’s most populous country, as the body of his predecessor was flown north for a traditional Muslim burial hours after he died following a lengthy illness.

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania—Africa’s founding fathers were national heroes, many of whom risked their lives fighting for independence. Today’s African young people respect, but no longer revere, the heroes of old. They want good governance, education and good jobs in their own countries.